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April  10,  1915 


Supplement  to  List  of  References  to  Legislation  in  the 

United  States  on  Minimum  Train  'Crews  and  Maximum 
.^  i  Length  of  Trains 

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GENERAL 

i- full-crew   law  campaign, 

(Railway   age   gazette  ,  v%58  :    400;    Mar. 5, 1915) 

Bache    review.  *" 

"the    fullrcrew   law. 
(Bache    review, v. 23 .no. 4. p. 2-4 ;    Jan. 23 , 1915) 

Baltimore   &    Ohio    railroad    company. 

To   the    stockholders...    February   24,1915,      2   p.    4° 

"Repeal    of    the    so-called    'Full    crew'    law",    p.    2. 

Bureau    of    railway    economics,    Washington* 

The   arguments    for   and   against    train-crew   legislation...    Washington, 
Bureau    of    rai  lv/ay    economics,    March    1915.      44  p.    8° 

Consecutive   "bulletin   no. 73.   Mi  scellar.  eous    series    no.  18. 
A   revision    of    an,  earlier    study   of    the    same    title    (consecutive 
number    53) 


Farmers   condemn   extra   crew  laws. 

(American    industries , v. 15 :    Feb. 1915:    35-36) 

Gauss,    James   B. 

Why  the    full   crew   law  should    stand. 
(Railway    conductor,    v. 32:    163-73;    Mar. 19 15) 

iry,    John  E. 

A   railroad   man's   argument    for    the  full   crew  law, 
(Pailroad    trainman , v. 31 :    907;    Oct. 1914) 

Independent    [Editorial] 
Railroad    crew   laws. 
(independent, Mar. 1,1915:    336)  :•; 

iee,    W.    G. 

Overworked  train  crews 
(Metropolitan,  June  1913:  62) 

Outlook  [Editorial] 
Full  crew  laws . 
(Outlook,vfc109:  601;  Har.17,1915) 

potter,  M,  W, 

Limiting  length  of  trains  by  law, 

(Train  dispatchers  bulletin,,  v. 19:  207;  Mar  .1915) 

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Full- c rev/  suppl.-2) 
1  GENERAL  (cont.) 

Railway  age  gazette  [Editorial] 
Full- crew  law  arguments. 
(Railway  age  gazette, v. 58 :  392*94;  Feb. 19, 1915) 

Railway  age  gazette  [Editorial] 

Limiting  the  length  of  trains* 

(Railway  age  gazette,  v.  56  :  392;  L'ar.5,1915) 

Ross,    Story   H. 

Full- crew  bill. 

(Railroad    trainman, v. 32 :    259-61;,  Mar. 1915) 

To    reduce    length   of    trains. 

(Railway  and   locomotive    engineering,    v.  18:    99;   Far  .1915) 

Weaver,  J.  Lero}*. 

National  full  crew  law. 

(Railroad  trainman , v. 28 :  82  7-28;  Nov. 1911) 


California. 

1915,   Bills.  House  781.   Prescribing  full  crews*  Limits  trains  motioned 

to  12  cars.   Limits  freight  trains  to*  50  cars  and  45  in  certain 
cases. 

House  127.   Amending  full  crew  law.  Same  as  House  781. 

Colorado . 

1915.      Bills.    House    81.      Limiting   number    of    cars    to    30    or    50   according   to 
grades, 

S  enat e   163,      S  am e . 


Illinois , 

1915.      House   239.      Prohibiting    operation  of    an,T    freight   trains    exceeding 
50   cars, 

Iowa 

1915.   Bill.  Senate  135.   Crews  for  light  engines.      Same  as  House  143. 
Comment:  Jones,  C.  W. 

A  plea  for  fair  treatment  to  railroads  of  Iowa.   An 
argument  on  the  30-called  "Full  crew"  bill, 
(Illinois  central  magaz  ine  ,  v..3  :96-99  ;Feb.l9l5) 

Submitted  by  Committee  on  relation  of  railway  opera- 
tion to  legislation  in  Iowa, C.F .Jones, cha irman. 
Senate  353.   Prohibiting  operation  of  trains  more  than  1/2  mile 
in  length. 


Kansas 

1915.      Bill.    House    53  6.      Full    crews    for   switch    engines* 

Minnesota 

1915.      Bill.    Senate    579.      Prohibiting    operation    of    freight    or   work    trains 
more    than    l/2   mile    in    length. 

LU  ssissippi 

1914.  Lav/  providing    full    crews   was   passed    in  March   1914, 

Missouri 

To  the  shippers  and  passengers  of  Missouri. 

(St.  Joseph  [Mo.J  Gazette,  Sept .22 ,1914,  p.§) 

Missouri  recalls  its  full  crew  law. 

(Buffalo,  Rochester  &  Pittsburgh  railway  employes  magazine, v. 3 : 
Feb. 1915:  40-41) 

1915.  Bill.  Senate  3  14.   Requiring  one  man  in  addition  to  conductor  to 
account  for  passengers. 

K  eb  r  a  3  ka . 
1915.   Bill.  House  594.   Amends  1913  law  relating  to  crews  for  light  engines 

Nevada 

1915.      .House    39.      Prohibiting   train    of    m6re   than    50   cars. 

Senate    62.      Amends    Sec. 5    of    1913    Full    crew  law   by    exempting    lines    on 

which  but    1    train   a   day    is    operated. 
Senate    242.      Prohibiting   operation    of    light    engines   without    full    crews 

New  Jersey 

1915.   Bill.  House  Joint  Res--.5.  providing  for  a  commission  of  9  persons  to 
investigate  workings  .of  the  Full  crew  law. 

House  599.   Introduced  by  Assemblyman  Stevens.   To  repeal  the 
full  crew  law. 

Hearings  were  held  before  Committee  March  22,1915. 

Mr.  3t evens  acce^tci  the  substitute! 
House  598.  Empowering  Public  utility  commissioners  to  deter- 
mine crews  and  to  make  orders  and  rules. 

Comment  :- 

Anti-full  crew  law  campaign. 

(Railway  age  gazette, v. 58 :  372;  Feb. 26, 1915) 

Associated  railroads  of  Pennsylvania  and  New  Jersey. 

Notes  to  editors.   Slips  accompanying  plates  for  use  in  newspapers. 

Pamphlets.,  leaflets  and  circular  letters  in  favor  of  repeal  of  full 

crew  laws.   1915.   Signed  by  R.L.O' Donnel, Chairman  executive  committee. 


Full  crew  suppl.-4'j 
New  Jersey  (cont.) 

Associated  railroads  cf  Pennsylvania  and  New  Jersey, 

Synopsis  of  testimony  and  exhibit 3  submitted  or  the  railrcad  side  cf 
the  proposition  to  the  joint  committee  of  the  New  Jersey  legislature  at 
Trenton,  March  22,  in  the  full  crew  matter,  [1915] 

3  typewritten  pages,. 

What  the  people  think  of  the  full  crew  laws.  [Philadelphia,  1915]] 

48  p,  4°  Extracts  from  newspapers* 

Commercial  and  financial  chronicle  [Editorial] 

Railway  labor,  when  profitable  and  when  unprofitable. 
(Commercial  and  financial  chronicle,  v  .100  :  771;  Mar  i'ijf,  1955) 

Commercial  and  financial  chronicle  [Editorial] 
Seeking  to  repeal  full  crew  laws, 
(Commercial  and  financial  chronicle, v. 100 :  511;  Feb. 13, 1915) 

Gauss,    James   B. 

Mr.    Gaus[lj    replies    on    full    crew   law, 
(Pittsburgh   leader,    Mar. 18, 1915) 

M^yer,    Fred.   W« 

Railroad    trainman    gives    employes'    view   of    crew   law.      Takes    issue   with 
companies   on   almost    every   point   advanced    for    the   repeal    of     the    measure 
now   so    conspicuously    in    the    limelight    on    a    repeal    proposition* 
(Newark   [N.J J    Star",    Feb. 24, 1915) 

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Morris,    John   T. 

Feels  better  now.   This  man  had  to  get  views  on  full  crew  law  out  of 

his  s  y  s  t  esn , 

(Pittsburgh  Gazette- times  ,  Afar*  16 ,4.915) 

Patterson,  George  Stuart. 

Argument . ..bef ore  the  joint  committee  cf  the  New  Jersey  legislature  at 
Trenton,  March  22,  in  the  full  crew  matter.   3  typewritten  pages „ 

!  Railway  age  gazette. 

An  outrageous  appeal  to  the  plain  people, 
(Railway  age  gazette, v, 58:  352;  Feb. 26, 1913) 

Comment  on  statement  of  Brotherhoods  opposing  repeal  of  full  crew 
laws  in  Pennsylvania  and  Tew  Jersey, 

Railway  world  [Editorial] 

Movement  to  abolish  full  crew  laws. 
(Railway  world,  v. 59:  97-98;  Feb. 1915) 

j  Rea,  Samuel,  and  others. 
Ex  t  r a  c  r  ew  laws . 
(Railway  review,  v. 56:  273;  Feb. 27, 1915) 

I  Reynolds ,  J ,  E„ 
Argument.. .bef ore  the  joint  committee  of  the  New  Jersey  legislature  at 
Trenton,  March  52,  in  the  full  crew  law  matter.  [l915]  3  typewritten  p. 

Stein,    C  ,    H . 

Statement.  ..of    CsH.Steinfa   witness   before    the    joint    committee    of    the 
New   Jersey    legislature    at    Trenton,    March    22,     in    the    full    crew  matter. 
[  19 15  J      3    t yp  e wr  i  t  ten   p  , 


Full   crew   suppl.-5) 
New   Jersey    (cont.) 

To    the    Senate   and    House    oP  representatives    of    the    state    cf . . . 

Petition   used    in    New   Jersey    in   connection    with   the    efforts    for    the 
repeal   of    the  full   crew  lav/.      11. 

'Traffic    world-  [flditorial] 

Full    crew  law  figuras. 

(Traffic    world,    v. 15:    421;    Feb. 27, 1915) 

Trainman's    vigorous    protest    against   full    crew  law   repeal.      Railroad    employe 
believes    that  safety    should    be    considered   before   corporation   dividends. 
Explains    reasons    for   attitude. 
(Newark ,[N%J.]    Star,    Mar. 5, 1915) 

1915.      Bill.    House    446.      Prohibiting    trains    of   more    than    1/2   mile. 

New  Mexico 

1915.   Bill.  House  115.   Directs  Corporation  commission  to  investigate 

manning  of  engines  and  trains  and  prescribe  maximum  number  of  cars, 

.New  York 

1915 ,   Bill.  House  566.   Prohibiting  operation  of  trains  of  more  than  1/2 
mile. 

Senate  350.   Amending  Full  crew  law.   Same  as  House  26. 
House  598.   Cuoplements  full  crow  law.   Applies  to  yard  and 
switching  engines. 

Comment ; - 
Combinations  in  restraint  of  legislation. 

(Railway  age  gazette , v*58 :  300;  Feb. 19, 1915) 
Reprinted  from  the  New  York  Tribune, 

Comment  on  the  action  of  eastern  railroads  in  their  efforts  to 
repeal  full  crew  laws. 

North  Carolina, 

1915,   Bill.  Senate  367.   Limits  trains  to  50  cars. 

Senate  1263.   Providing  full  crews-  for  switching  engines. 

North  Dakota 

1915.   Bill,  House  231,   Prohibits  more  than  12  freight  cars  in  mixed  trains. 
House  448.   Amends  1913  law,  providing  minimum  crews  and  pro- 
hibiting trains  of  more  than  2,000  feet, 

Ohio. 
1915,   Bill.  House  198.   Amending  and  increasing  application  of  Full  crew  law 


Full    crew  suppl.-6; 

?ennS3     luiua 
See    references   under    New   Jere<jw.      The    campaign    for    repeal 
is   being   carried    on    in   both    states 

South  Carolina 

1915.   Bill.  Senate  178,   Limiting  freight  trains  to  50  cars. 
Defeated  in  Senate  about  Feb. 20, 1915. 


South  Dakota 
1915.   Bill.  House  242.   Prohibits  trains  of  more  than  ijz   mile. 

Tennessee 
1915.   Bill.  House  709.   Minimum  crews  on  all  classes  of  trains. 

Washingt  on 
1915.   Bill.  Senate  244.   Amends  1911  Full  crew  law. 

Wise  ens  in 
1915.   Bill.  Senate  166,   Prohibits  trains  exceeding  1/2  mile. 


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